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...front, its chipset is upgradeable to 2.16 GHz for an extra bit of juice. In place of the old PC card slot, there's a 34mm ExpressCard/34 slot. I looked around the Internet, and it doesn't seem like there's much you can do with that slot now. However, Apple says that many such products will soon be available, including memory-card readers and networking devices. (Be aware: some devices, such as current Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess PC-card modems, won't work on the MacBook Pro.) One noticeably absent feature is the FireWire 800 port found on G4 PowerBooks...
...Some guys have all the luck,” croons the dejected Rod Stewart. At Harvard, one lucky man makes his own. Life Science 1a professor David R. Liu ’94 began counting cards in high school and soon mastered the game of blackjack. By keeping running indexes of revealed cards in his head, Liu gains a long-term mathematical advantage over the house. And by greatly increasing his chances of winning, Liu has aroused the ire of some powerful casino bosses. “I was barred from playing at a well-known Las Vegas casino...
...high school track team dinners, and last week served to over 1,000 freshmen in Annenberg. When asked about her favorite addition to the menu, Snyder replied that her sweet tooth particularly appreciated the “brownies with mint on top.” Meanwhile in Annenberg, card-swipers raved about noodle pudding—from the family kitchen of Jared S. Gruszecki ’09. Card-swiper Francine enjoyed it so much that she procured the recipe from the chef. Under a program now in the works, dining hall staffers won’t just be cooking...
Playing poker in a Las Vegas casino may yield free drinks, but for college students playing the card game online, a win may bring rewards in the form of free food from a recent website promotion. Campusfood.com, an internet-based service that helps college students order food from restaurants near their schools, is partnering with poker website Titanpoker.com to give away $20,000 worth of free food to student winners of nightly poker tournaments. Students studying at 130 colleges and universities, including Harvard, can enter and play poker for free through Titanpoker.com until the promotion ends on April 23. Harvard...
About eight weeks ago, as the planning for President George W. Bush?s India-Pakistan trip was being finalized, Joe Hagin, the little-known but influential deputy chief of staff at the White House, brought an idea to the President and Chief of Staff Andy Card: this might be the perfect occasion for the President to not only take his first visit to the subcontinent but also visit Afghanistan. They embraced the idea, and Hagin, who helps make sure the trains run on time, put the planning together with aides from the White House Military Office and the Secret Service...